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This may trip up how you vote this year

Maryland will roll out paper ballots for the April primary instead using electronic voting machines. The machines don't show all the candidates in each race on one screen and public testing finds voters are having a hard time going from one screen to another. It's a unique case of high-tech failing to conveniently handle reality. Even Linda Lamone, the state's administrator of elections, admits she struggles navigating Maryland's new $28 million voting machines.

Maryland will roll out paper ballots for the April primary instead using electronic voting machines. The machines don't show all the candidates in each race on one screen and public testing finds voters are having a hard time going from one screen to another. It's a unique case of high-tech failing to conveniently handle reality. Even Linda Lamone, the state's administrator of elections, admits she struggles navigating Maryland's new $28 million voting machines.

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Updated: 6:24 PM EST Feb 4, 2016

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WEBVTT TES THAT VOTERS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME GOING FROM SCREEN TO SCREEN. EVEN LINDA, THE STATE ELECTIONS CHIEF ADMITS THAT SHE STRUGGLES NAVIGATING THE NEW $28 MILLION VOTING MACHINE. >> THEY DROVE ME OUT THERE AND I GOT LOST. THEY WILL HAVE TO USE PAPER BALLOTS FOR EARLY VOTING AND THE APRIL PRIMARY. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS. VOTERS HAVE SEMI-MANY CHOICES THAT THE ELECTRONIC MACHINES CANNOT DISPLAY ALL THE CANDIDATES NAMES IN THE SAME SCREEN. SECONDLY, THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW REGARDING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PULL UP THE NEXT STREAM OF CANDIDATES. WERE SAYING IT MEANS THE PREVIOUS RACE. NEXT DOES NOT MEAN THE NEXT PHASE, IT MEANS THE NEXT CANDIDATE RACE? >> CORRECT. NOT GOING TO A PAPER BALLOT COULD IMPACT THE BALTIMORE MAYOR'S RACE. >> IT'S NOT JUST IMPACT IN THE DEMOCRATIC RACE BUT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. >> IN A STATE WITH SOME DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE A BROKEN PTERODACTYL WHEN, EVEN PAPER BALLOTS ARE CONCERNED. >> WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT BALLOTS? >> CORRECT STOP >> STATE ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ARE ASKING THEM TO REPROGRAM THE MACHINE. >> SUBMIT UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND MARYLAND LAW IT HAS TO GO BACK TO A FEDERALLY ACCREDITED LABORATORY FOR TESTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING MEETS THE FEDERAL STANDARDS. >> DURING AN EMERGENCY MEETING,

This may trip up how you vote this year

Maryland will roll out paper ballots for the April primary instead using electronic voting machines. The machines don't show all the candidates in each race on one screen and public testing finds voters are having a hard time going from one screen to another. It's a unique case of high-tech failing to conveniently handle reality. Even Linda Lamone, the state's administrator of elections, admits she struggles navigating Maryland's new $28 million voting machines.